Chiton tuberculatus

Chiton tuberculatus
Chiton tuberculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Chitonidae
Genus: Chiton
Species:
C. tuberculatus
Binomial name
Chiton tuberculatus

Chiton tuberculatus, the West Indian green chiton, is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. It was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus and can be found throughout the Caribbean Sea.

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